New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 12

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 431

Vital Statistics of Metropolitan and Suburban Areas for 1920.

GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Metropolitan Areas and of the Nine Suburban Areas of the Dominion for the Year 1920:—

	Estimated Population, 1st January, 1921.	Total Births registered during 1920.	Proportion of 1,000 Births to the Population.	DEATHS REGISTERED DURING 1920.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in 1920.
				MALES.			FEMALES.			Total Deaths.
				Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland City	74,838	1,739	23·24	48	17	461	34	21	339	920	12·29
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	72,197	1,521	21·07	46	20	308	30	18	294	716	9·92
Total for Auckland Metropolitan Area	147,035	3,260	22·17	94	37	769	64	39	633	1,636	11·13
Wellington City	81,301	1,923	23·65	79	27	402	62	15	291	876	10·77
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	20,297	479	23·60	22	7	88	14	14	60	205	10·10
Total for Wellington Metropolitan Area	101,598	2,402	23·64	101	34	490	76	29	351	1,081	10·64
Christchurch City	62,788	1,463	23·30	71	14	318	46	12	362	823	13·11
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	42,240	894	21·16	25	14	174	26	14	166	419	9·92
Total for Christchurch Metropolitan Area	105,028	2,357	22·44	96	28	492	72	26	528	1,242	11·83
Dunedin City	58,708	1,320	22·48	48	19	369	33	12	302	783	13·34
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	15,043	282	18·75	7	5	54	7	3	51	127	8·44
Total for Dunedin Metropolitan Area	73,751	1,602	21·72	55	24	423	40	15	353	910	12·34
Gisborne Borough	11,236	295	26·25	10	5	58	8	2	28	111	9·88
Remainder of Suburban Area	3,410	54	15·84	2	..	5	..	..	..	7	2·05
Total for Gisborne Suburban Area	14,650	349	23·82	12	5	63	8	2	28	118	8·05
Napier Borough	13,969	380	27·20	19	7	56	16	3	58	159	11·38
Remainder of Suburban Area	2,633	72	27·45	3	..	32	4	..	12	51	19·37
Total for Napier Suburban Area	16,602	452	27·22	22	7	88	20	3	70	210	12·65
New Plymouth Borough	9,810	364	37·10	6	1	43	5	2	57	114	11·62
Remainder of Suburban Area	1,248	26	20·83	1	..	6	..	1	2	10	8·01
Total for New Plymouth Suburban Area	11,058	390	35·27	7	1	49	5	3	59	124	11·21
Wanganui Borough	15,568	435	27·94	18	4	71	14	3	66	176	11·31
Remainder of Suburban Area	6,637	165	24·86	3	..	15	4	..	24	46	6·93
Total for Wanganui Suburban Area	22,205	600	27·02	21	4	86	18	3	90	222	10·00
Palmerston North Borough	14,049	384	27·33	13	2	52	6	2	57	132	9·40
Remainder of Suburban Area	1,266	18	14·22	..	2	8	..	..	10	20	15·80
Total for Palmerston North Suburban Area	15,315	402	26·25	13	4	60	6	2	67	152	9·92
Nelson City	9,228	186	20·16	10	1	45	..	4	62	122	13·22
Remainder of Suburban Area	1,250	39	31·20	..	..	5	..	..	4	9	7·20
Total for Nelson Suburban Area	10,478	225	21·47	10	1	50	..	4	66	131	12·50
Greymouth Borough	5,026	147	29·25	4	..	40	4	1	21	70	13·93
Remainder of Suburban Area	3,571	80	22·40	..	..	20	1	..	6	27	7·56
Total for Grey Valley Boroughs Suburban Area	8,597	227	26·40	4	..	60	5	1	27	97	11·28
Timaru Borough	13,407	325	24·24	11	5	67	2	6	49	140	10·44
Remainder of Suburban Area	1,619	23	14·21	..	..	5	..	..	..	5	3·09
Total for Timaru Suburban Area	15,026	348	23·16	11	5	72	2	6	49	145	9·65
Invercargill Borough	15,083	428	28·38	9	4	70	7	9	70	169	11·20
Remainder of Suburban Area	4,019	49	12·19	2	..	9	1	..	9	21	5·23
Total for Invercargill Suburban Area	19,102	477	24·97	11	4	79	8	9	79	190	9·95
Grand totals	560,445	13,651	23·36	457	154	2,781	324	142	2,400	6,258	11·17